BIS press releases - last 12 months

Joint Forum final release of "Credit risk transfer" paper

"Computing Capital for Incremental Risk in the Trading Book" and "Revisions to the Basel II market risk framework" - consultative documents issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

CGFS issues reports pertinent to the financial turmoil

BIS General Manager to be on leave from 1 July 2008

BIS Annual Report: The unsustainable has run its course and policymakers face the difficult task of damage control

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BIS General Manager to step down

Principles for Sound Liquidity Risk Management and Supervision

Quarterly Review, June 2008

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Central bankers call for action to tackle potential contagion in the global financial infrastructure

OTC derivatives market activity in the second half of 2007

Central bankers call for more action to reduce foreign exchange settlement risk

BIS establishes Consultative Council for the Americas

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Joint Forum release of "Customer suitability" paper

Joint Forum release of "Risk concentrations" paper

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision announces steps to strengthen the resilience of the banking system

Financial Stability Forum Recommends Actions to Enhance Market and Institutional Resilience

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Joint Forum release of "Credit risk transfer" paper

Financial Stability Forum meets in Rome

BIS appoints Stephen G Cecchetti as Economic Adviser, Head of Monetary and Economic Department

Quarterly Review, March 2008

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Liquidity risk: management and supervisory challenges

Financial Stability Forum sets out policy directions for strengthening the resilience of the financial system

Financial Stability Forum Chairman welcomes hedge fund manager initiative on best practice standards

Triennial Central Bank Survey of Foreign Exchange and Derivatives Market Activity in 2007 – Final results

Monetary policy frameworks and central bank market operations

Quarterly Review, December 2007

Triennial and semiannual surveys on positions in global over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives markets at end-June 2007

Communiqué of the Ministers and Governors of the Group of Ten

Financial market developments and the work of the Basel Committee

Financial Stability Forum meets in New York

Financial Stability Forum review of its offshore financial centres initiative

Triennial Central Bank Survey of Foreign Exchange and Derivatives Market Activity in April 2007 – Preliminary global results – Turnover

New Chairman of the Joint Forum

Quarterly Review, September 2007